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MelissaB

(16,420 posts) Sat Mar 17, 2018, 04:28 PM Mar 2018

Polls have opened in Russia's Far East for the presidential election in which Vladimir Putin seeks

Polls have opened in Russia's Far East for the presidential election in which Vladimir Putin seeks a 4th term. -AP on twitter

Can we make project the winner now?

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Polls have opened in Russia's Far East for the presidential election in which Vladimir Putin seeks (Original Post) MelissaB Mar 2018 OP

Wouldn't it be great if a hacker got into their system and his opponent won? Poor soul would be monmouth4 Mar 2018 #1

The suspense is killing me! Bleacher Creature Mar 2018 #2

Russia's elections are rigged for Putin to ALWAYS win by a large Iliyah Mar 2018 #3

For those of you tracking today's election in Russia, here's the minute-by-minute graph on Putin's MelissaB Mar 2018 #4

Waiting for them to do what China did bluestarone Mar 2018 #5

How can Russian voters elect this heinous, corrupt criminal as president. democratisphere Mar 2018 #6

gonna be an all nighter bluestarone Mar 2018 #7

Im going to be fair to Putin for a moment Nevernose Mar 2018 #8

oh, they still have elections there? Takket Mar 2018 #9

Putin declared winner 2 minutes after polls opened. n/t Yavin4 Mar 2018 #10

monmouth4

(9,694 posts)

1. Wouldn't it be great if a hacker got into their system and his opponent won? Poor soul would be

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 04:31 PM

Mar 2018

dead by Thursday..

Bleacher Creature

(11,256 posts)

2. The suspense is killing me!

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 04:31 PM

Mar 2018

Could it go to a recount?

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

3. Russia's elections are rigged for Putin to ALWAYS win by a large

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 04:41 PM

Mar 2018

margin.

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)

4. For those of you tracking today's election in Russia, here's the minute-by-minute graph on Putin's

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 05:37 PM

Mar 2018

reelection chances.

Link to tweet

bluestarone

(16,906 posts)

5. Waiting for them to do what China did

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 05:42 PM

Mar 2018

LIFETIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

6. How can Russian voters elect this heinous, corrupt criminal as president.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 06:09 PM

Mar 2018

Guess for the same reason drumpf occupies the oval office.

bluestarone

(16,906 posts)

7. gonna be an all nighter

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 06:15 PM

Mar 2018

Prob won't be decided til wee hours of the morning!! (sarcasm here)

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)

8. Im going to be fair to Putin for a moment

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 07:05 PM

Mar 2018

The guy has a 70% approval rating. Apparently the Russians love themselves some authoritarians. Thousands of pages of ink have been spilled on the issue: they see him as Making Russia Great Again and sticking it to the countries that were mean to them.

Takket

(21,560 posts)

9. oh, they still have elections there?

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 07:08 PM

Mar 2018

Yavin4

(35,437 posts)

10. Putin declared winner 2 minutes after polls opened. n/t

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2018, 07:15 PM

Mar 2018

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